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Neuberger Kicks in $25 as
Starter for Fund To Keep
Squirrels at White House
Washington U.R) The famous, playful White House squirrels
never had so many defenders
coincidence, the most outspoken
The Democrats, delighted to
to earth issue, gleefully teed
having the White House squirrels
cratch ud his practice golf green.
The furor, touched off by Sen.
in a Senate speech, threatened to
House controversy since former President Truman added a bal
cony on the building's south side.
Damage To American Tradition Charged
Neuberger accused Mr. Eisenhower of doing "permanent and
irreparable damage to an American tradition" by trapping the
squirrels and carting them away
putting green. Neuberger kicked
a squirrel-proof aluminum fence
bushy-tailed animals can continue to romp as they have for 150
years.
He invited other wildlife lovers to contribute. The White House
would have to promise, however, to stop the trapping immediately.
Neuberger's Democratic colleagues were quick to support him,
at least with words.
But the White House was icily silent. Press Secretary James
C Hagerty refused to answer any squirrelly questions. Nor would
he say what would be done with
received it.
Neuberger Dead Serious on Issue
"Why doesn't the President call in Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson?" Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney (D-Okla.) asked a
reporter. "He's been able to reduce production on everything else."
Neuberger is dead serious.
"It isn't a gag," he said. "It's a pretty high-handed thing the
President has done and I have a hunch people won't like it."
Neuberger said he hopes to get pro-squirrel sentiment stirred up
all over the country.
The anti-squirrel policy first was disclosed by Merriman Smith,
United Press White House reporter, in one of his behind the scenes
reports on what goes on at the executive mansion.
Some wildlife experts think the President is in for a losing
battle., They do net believe the animals can be trapped as fast as
they multiply.
Wants Squirrels on His Share of Property
Neuberger said he resented the President's action "as a plain,
everyday, run of the mill American citizen. A little piece of the
White House belongs to me, as it does to every American," he said.
"I don't want my piece of the White House to be without the White
House squirrels."
"Surely, a few squirrels on the White House lawn need not spoil
the President's practice putts and pitch shots," he added.
Sen. Alben W. Barkley (D-Ky.) commented with a paraphrase
from the Bible: "Birds have nests, foxes have their holes, but the
son of man has not where to putt"
Diem Orders Troops
Into Saigon To Meet
Threat of Hostility
Saigon, Indochina U.R)
American-backed Premier Ngo
Dinh Diem' ordered troop rein
forcements into Saigon today to
meet the threat of open hostility
by South Viet Nam's armed
religious sects.
One thousand heavily armed
troops from the north of the cap
ital filed through the.city early
this mornig and the Premier
ordered two battalions of para
troopers into town to reinforce
government troops.
Seeking Showdown
The three religious sects,
which gave Diem a five-day
ultimatum to reorganize the gov
ernment to their tastes, an
nounced they were "continuing
deployment of their military
forces" for a showdown.
U. S. officials worked hastily
to prevent open fighting in free
Baruch Says Market
No! Cause , of Booms
Washington (U.R) 3ernard
M. Baruch, the elder statesman
who made his own fortune by
guessing the market right, told
Senate investigators today that
neither he nor anyone else
"knows whether stocks are too
high today."
Baruch told the Senate Bank
ing and Currency Committee
that the market is not the cause
of the booms and busts in the
economy.
"Actually, it is the thermo
meter not the fever," Baruch
said. Its accuracy as a tempera
ture taker, he suggested, may
be slightly out of kilter.
"Two main factors in the
economy have caused the gene
ral rise in the price level of
stocks," Baruch said. "The
dramatic expansion and im
provement of so many indus
tries, and the cumulative effects
of the inflationary policies
which have been followed over
the last decade and a half.
Auto Chains Needed
On Willamette, Santiam
Salem (U.R) Motorists trav
eling the Willamette pass and
- am pass were required to
chains, the State Highway
1 -.-iment said today.
- ourteen inches of new snow
fell at Willamette pass and
eight inches at Santiam pass
overnight.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1955
as today. By the merest political
were Democrats. ,
find the GOP exposed on a down
off on President Eisenhower for
trapped and exiled because tney
Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.)
boil up into the biggest White
to preserve the surface of his
in $25 to start a fund to build
around the golfing area so the
Neuberger's fund if the President
Viet Nam. Reliable sources said
special U. S. Ambassador Gen.
J. Lawton Collins was meeting
the leaders of the three sects
today.
The move was taken by the
sects as proof that .Collins
wanted above all to avoid civil
war and had persuaded Diem to
come to terms.
Underground Atom
Bomb Exploded
Las Vegas (U.R) The , Ato
mic Energy Commission explod
ed an ) atomic device under
ground today to give Army En
gineers and ordanance experts a
chance to test nuclear demoli
tion.' It was the first time since Ihe
firing of the atomic cannon in
1953 that an atomic device has
been assembled and positioned
by the Army.
And it was the first sub-surface
detonation in more than
three years.
The blast was triggered at
12:30 p.m. (PST) at a unannounc
ed depth in Yucca Flat, 75 miles
northeast. of this gambling city.
It was the seventh of the 1955
test series and the 38th nuclear
explosion at the Nevada atomic
range.
The explosion sent a huge
cloud boiling skyward and
churned up tons of debris and
dirt.
$3,000 in Money Orders
Found on Arrested Pair
Portland (U.R) Police ar
rested two youths today after
interrupting their attempts to
prowl a hardware store and
found them in possession of
more than $3000 in negotiable
money orders.
The youths were identified as
Paul Erickson, about 20, and Le-
KOy a. lvianning, xo, Doin iran
sients. Police said they believed
the name of Paul Erickson was
an alias.
Both were booked for at
tempted burglary and were held
as fugitives from Salt Lake City.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 410.87 up 6.40; 20 rail
roads 148.39 up 2.0o; 15 utilities
63.88 up 0.11, and 65 stocks
152.96 up 1.94. Sales today were
about 2.730,000 shares compared
with 1,910,000 share yesterday.
Be van Receives
La bo rile Reprieve
On Party Expulsion
Special Subcommittee
To Explore Attitude
London (U.R) The Na
tional Executive committee of
the British Labor party gave a
reprieve to Aneurin Bevan to
day at a meeting called to dis
cuss whether to oust him from
the party.
The committee which met to
consider his ouster did not ex
pel him.
Instead, the Executive com
mittee decided to set up a spec
ial subcommittee of eight mem
bers to interview Bevan and ex
plore his attitude.
Political Outcast
The parliamentary Labor par
ty, consisting of Socialist mem
bers of Parliament, last week
withdrew the whip from Bevan
in the House of Commons. This
made him a political outcast.
isolated without party recogni
tion, in the House of Commons.
Today the 28-member Execu
tive committee of the party met
to decide whether to expel Bev
an from the party itself.
Expulsion would have widen
ed the major split which already
has torn the party by Bevan's
dismissal from Labor's parlia
mentary group.
AMlee At Meeting
A grim, unsmiling Clement
Attlee, as ex - officio member,
met with the Executive Commit
tee as it considered whether to
punish Bevan for challenging
Attlee's moderate leadership it
a time when the Conservative
government is threatening to
call a general election.
At the close of the three-hour
Executive committee meeting, a
member of the committee was
asked if Bevan had been expell
ed. "No," the member replied.
"Not yet, "anyway."
The Executive committee's de
cision was an apparent compro
mise to keep Bevan within the
ranks of the Socialists and save
the party from further split on
the eve of the expected elect
ions.
250 Visitors Due
Here During 'Open'
An estimated 250 persons are
expected in Medford the rest if
this week to attend or play in
the Oregon Open Golf tourna
ment being held at the Rogue
Valley Country club. -
City, chamber of commerce
and country club officials join
ed today to welcome them to
Medford.
Mayor Earl Miller, in a proc
lamation, designated the period
of March 24 to' 27 as "Oregon
Open Golf Tournament Week,"
and urged the residents of Med
ford to participate by visiting
the golf course and watching
the leading professional and am
ateur golfers of the west coast
during the competition.
John Pletsch, president of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce and Dr. D. E. Paul
Walker, president of the coun
try club, also joined in extend
a welcome to the visiting golfers.
The entry list stood at 170
last night, or three more than
last year's tournament, held at
Tualatin. The list is virtually
complete, according to George
Harrington, manager of the
country club.
French Senate Begins
Debate on'Rearmament
Paris (U.R) The French
Senate began final debate today
on ratification of the Paris arms
treaties with France's role as
a world power: and the future
of the Western defense system
at stake.
Gearhart Woman Dies
As Auto Hits Stump
Seaside U.R) An elderly
Gearhart woman was killed here
yesterday when her car crashed
into a stump.
Dead was Ella Wallaca Hamp
ton, 69. State police said she
was alone in the car at the time
of the accident.
Premier Scelba Wins
Vote of Confidence
Rome (U.R) Premier Mar
io Scelba won a vote of confi
dence in Parliament today
against a last minute pro-Communist
move to thwart his de
parture tomorrow for the Un
ited States.
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LOWRY TAKES GAVEL State Sen. Philip B. Lowry, Med
ford, is shown above accepting the gavel of Senate President
Elmo Smith, John -Day, when he took over as temporary
presiding officer in the senate recently. He is one of several
state senators who have taken over the rostrum in recent
weeks. ,
U.N. Commemorative
Session Will Offer
Chances for Talks
United Nations, NY. (U.R)
Big Four ministers who decide
to attend a ceremonial session of
the U.N. General Assembly in
June will have opportunities
available for "exploratory talks"
U. S. sources said today.
President Eisenhower said at
his news, cqnference .in Wash
ington today he would .favor
such talks among the foreign
ministers as a possible prelude
to a meeting of the Big Four
chiefs of state after agreements
to rearm Germany finally are
ratified.
Meeting Expected
In Boston, the Christian Scien
ce Monitor said in a -copyrighted
dispatch that U.N. diplomats
"expect a meeting of the Big
Four ministers at the San Fran
cisco session."
The Big Four are the United
States, Britain, France and Rus
sia. The United Nations will ob
serve the 10th anniversary of the
Richard Applegale
Married in Chicago
Chicago Richard Apple
gate, -42, of Medford, Ore., was
married here Monday to the
former Mrs. Barbara Hoerter,
38, of Chicago. The bride is a
representative of the agent who
is handling Applegate's speak
ing tour.
Applegate, who was a prison
er of the Chinese Communists
for. 18 months, is on a leave of
absence from the National
Broadcasting Co., giving lectures
on his experiences and his be
liefs on the attitude of the
Chinese Reds.
Don Dixon, International
News Service correspondent
who was captured with Apple
gate while aboard the latter's
yacht, was best man at the wed
ing. The' couple plans to visit, at
the home of Applegate's parents
in Medford' in July.
Talent Reservoir One
Talent Talent Irrigation dis
trict's Emigrant lake reservoir
is less than one-third full at the
present time, according to Robert
Kent, secretary-manager of the
district. - . , t
The reservoir, which has a ca
pacity of 8,200 acre feet, now
holds 2,600 acre feet, Kent said.
The reservoir has failed to fill
only three times, in 1926, 1931,
and 1934, during the 35-year his
tory of the district.
Hiatt Has Holdover
Hiatt reservoir, in the Green
springs area east of Ashland,
now holds about 10,100 acre feet
of irrigation water, of which
some 9,000 acre feet is holdover
from last year.
A snow survey made March
15 shows that at Hobart lake, the
snow cover is 13 inched with 4.1
inches of water. At Hiatt Prairie,
the snow cover is 21 inches, with
7 inches of water, and at Siski
you summit the snow cover is 3
inches with 1 inch of water.
Weather
FORECAST: Mostly elondy with
showers tonight. Decreasing
cloudiness Thursday. Low to
night 30. High Thursday 52.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 53
Lowest this Morning 41
Prec. to lo a.m. Today 09
signing of its charter at San
Francisco from June 20 to 26.
Secretary General Dag Hammar
skjold last night sent invitations
to the foreign ministers of the
60 U.N. members. The Assembly
session will be purely commemo
rative and will conduct no form
business. . .
U. N. sources said Hammar
skjold hoped the Big Four min
isters would attend.
Secretary McKay
Brief Visitor Here
Douglas McKay, former gover
nor of Oregon and now secre
tary of the interior, was a brief
visitor at the Medford airport
yesterday afternoon.
The secretary, accompanied
by Mrs. McKay and his long
time secretary and assistant,
Alene Phillips, was en route to
his home in Salem after attend
ing meetings in San Francisco.
He will be in Salem for a few
days.
The party was aboard United
Air lines schedule 379, and was
here only as long as it took the
plane to refuel. The flight yes
terday used a DC-4 four-engined
plane, rather than the Convair
usually on the schedule.
Medford Mail Tribune
Entering 50th Year
Yesterday was the first day
of the 50ih year of publica
tion of The Medford Mail Trib
une. The paper as now constitu
ted is the successor of a num
ber of publications, through
merger or purchase, stretch
ing back several years before
the first issue of the present
daily.
On March 22, 1956, the pa
per will mark its golden an
niversary. At Hiatt Prairie, which Kent
says is the most important area
to the Talent Irrigation district,
the survey taken last week
showed an increase of 1 inches
of water over that shown by "a
survey taken late in February.
Ground Now Dry
Kent pointed out that, because
of the dryness of the ground
under the snow, it is difficult to
tell how much of the water in the
snow on the ground will ever be
utilized by. the irrigation dis
trict. The final, snow survey on the
Talent Irrigation district courses
will be taken late this month.
Early next month, on April 4
in Grants Pass, a regional water
forecast- meeting will be held in
Grants Pass. "After this meeting
we will have a pretty good idea
of what our water situation will
be during the coming season,"
Kent said.
The meeting, one of a series
held throughout the state by the
Fall of Japan Said
Apparent Before
Yalta Conference
MacArthur Against
Russia War Entry
New York (U.R) Gen. Doug
las MacArthur said today that
"the imminent collapse of Ja
pan" in World War II "was clear
ly apparent several months" be
fore the Yalta conference con
cession to bring into the Paci
fic war.
The former commander of Al
lied forces in the Far East issued
a formal statement of his views
as a result of the publication last
week of the Yalta papers.
Against Soviet War Entry
"Had my views been request
ed in reference to Yalta, I would
most emphatically have recom
mended against bringing the Sov
iet into the Pacific war at that
late date," MacArthur said.
MacArthur said that all his
reports after October, 1944, had
presaged the imminent collapse
of Japan- and that discussions
had even been held in his head
quarters about the possibility
that the war against Japan would
end before the war in Europe.
There have been published re
ports that MacArthur had told
Washington the invasion of Ja
pan and the final defeat of the
Nipponese would cost 1,000,000
lives. These reports were cited
by backers of President Roose
velt as sufficient and good rea
son to make concessions to the
Russians at Yalta.
$107,000 Available
To County in Road
Construction Funds
Approximately $107,000 in
federal aid secondary funds will
be available to Jackson county
for the fiscal year 1956, accord
ing to the county commissioners
journal. ,
The funds are available to the
county through the federal aid
road act of 1916, which provides
for construction, selection and
improvement of the federal aid
secondary road system. -
The total of $107,000 includes
matching funds of the state and
county, as well as the federal aid
allocation. '
For Two Bridges
The money will be used for
construction of two bridges. One
will cross the Little Applegate
river, and the other will cross
Star Gulch, both in the upper
Applegate region.
The Little Applegate bridge
will be 110 feet long, and the
Star Gulch span will be 70 feet
in length. Both spans will be 24
feet in width and will be of
reinforced concrete deck girder
construction.
The county cost will be 20 per
cent of the $107,000 total, plus
cost in addition to the $107,000
figure.
Grange Opposes Bill
On Rate Decreases
Salem (U.R) The Oregon
State Grange went on record
today in opposition to a bill
that would deny the public util
ities commissioner . authority
over rate decreases for motor
carries.
The commissioner himself,
Charles H. Heltzel, refused to
take a stand on the proposed
legislation and declared himself
neutral.
P. M. De Laubenfels, repre
senting the Grange, said the
PUC should have jurisdiction
over unreasonably low rates as
well as unreasonably high rates
charged by motor carriers. De
nial of jurisdiction over lowered
rates could result in rate wars
and elimination of competition,
1 De Laubenfels said.
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federal-state cooperative snow
surveys and water supply fore
casts, will be conducted by W.
T. (Jack) Frost, hydraulic engi
neer, and Manes Barton, assist
ant water forecoster.
Fertilizer Use Important
County Agent W. B. Tucker
pointed out to local farmers this
morning that it will be import
ant that they correlate the
amount of fertilizer they use this
year with their water supplies.
Application of too much nitrogen
will bring about a tremendous
early growth, which must have
an adequate water supply to
bring about full maturity of the
crops.
Tucker noted that in some
cases, it will be advisable to cut
the amount of fertilizer used,
while in others an added use of
fertilizer will be desireable. The
conditions will vary with the
amount of water available, he
said.
President Favors Big 4
Exploratory Talks After
Germany Pacts Ratified
Washington U.P.) President Eisenhower said today that he
would be, willing to make a lot of concessions in his attitude toward
Russia and would favor Big Four exploratory talks among foreign
ministers after the agreements to rearm Germany are finally
ratified.
He conceded that there might be a difference between his posi
tion and that of Chairman Walter F. George of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee. George renewed last week end the idea of
a big power meeting. He would not require Russia to meet any
particular conditions prior to a' high-level conference.
The chief executive, in a serious and earnest mood during a
news conference dominated by Big Four questions, said that there
had been two relatively recent changes in Russian leadership and
this might lead to faint hope that exploratory talks would be
valuable. .
President Believes
Wartime Papers
Should Be Public
Washington XU.R) President
Eisenhower said today he earn
estly believes that pertinent
documents of all secret wartime
conferences should be made
public.
But he said they should be
used to learn lessons from past
mistakes, not to damage reputa
tions or pin blame on partici
pants. Nor should they be used to
upset American Allies, the Pres
ident told his news conference.
President Questioned
Mr. Eisenhower , made the
statement under questioning
about the administration's con
troversial decision which led to
the publication last week of the
1945 Yalta conference docu
ments. Publication of the Yalta
papers kicked up a political and
diplomatic furor.
The President said release of
such documents should be con
fined to things of political and
military significance. He said
such papers should not include
casual conversations of the par
ticipating leaders.
Churchill Objected
And he emphasized that publi
cations of such documents must
be considered carefully where
interests of American Allies are
involved.
. British Prime Minister Win
ston Churchill objected to the
U. S. decision to publish the Yal
ta papers at this time. He said
the American version of the
documents contained some "seri
ous mistakes." Among other
things, Churchill objected to
publication of casual remarks
made at the conference with the
late President Roosevelt and So
viet Premier Josef Stalin.
In this country, publication of
the Yalta papers touched off a
hot argument between Demo
crats and Republicans. Demo
crats in Congress have charged
that the papers were made pub
lic to give Republicans ammuni
tion for political attacks.
Roseburg Police Hold
Suspect in Burglary
Roseburg authorities are hold
ing a man in custody for ques
tioning in connection with twe
break and entries which occur
red last night in Medford, ac
cording to city police.
Approximately $120 was taken
fiom the Greyhound Post House,
200 North Bartlett st. The bur
glary was discovered at about
5:30 a.m. today and was report
ed to police by Elsie L. Hohen
see. The second entry occurred at
the First Baptist church, First
st. and Central ave. It was be
lieved that nothing was taken.
The man being held for ques
tioning was picked up by Rose
burg police this morning after
city police found that he had
bought a bus ticket here for that
destination.
Portland Food Prices.
Continue To Decline
San Francisco (U.R) Food
prices in Portland, Ore., con
tinued to drop between January
and February and reached their
lowest level since December
1950.
The department's Western Re
gional Bureau of Labor Statis
tics said today food prices m
Portland last month averaged
3.8 per cent lower than those of
February, 1954, and three-tenths
per cent lower than January,
1955.
McKay Hopes for Park
Cuts To Be Restored
Salem (U.R) Secretary
of
Interior Douglas McKay said to
day he hoped the Senate would
restore cuts made by the House
Appropriations Committee so
that his department can carry
out its planned 10-year improve
ment program for national parks.
McKay, here for a brief visit
with his family after a Monday
night speech in San Francisco,
said the park program was way
behind" because of lapse in main
tenance and imrovement during
the war years.
No Reason To Discuss
Red China in Conference
If that is the case, the chief
executive said, he could make
a lot of concessions to carry out
arrangements for a conference
of foreign ministers.
Other high spots in his discus
sion of the prospects for inter
national peace conferences:
1. He said because of current
conditions in the Far East, he
saw no reason even to discuss
the possibility of including Red
China in any conference. He said
the question was academic.
2. He said that once the Paris
agreements on Germany are out
of the way he felt there defi
nitely should be new "explora
tory talks among this country,
Great Britain, France and Rus
sia. West Germany and even
other nations might be included
in later talks.
3. If and when a Big Four
meeting is held, he would invite
George and other members of
the Congress to attend.
Crisis in Formosa
4. Nothing is in progress now
toward negotiating a cease fire
in the Formosa crisis. But he
said the British, who have diplo
matic representatives in Pei
ping, continually put forward to
China the U. S. viewpoint that
any just solution would receive
earnest attention here. He said
the Chinese Reds so far had ex
pressed no interest in these
moves.
Mr. Eisenhower opened the
conference with two brief state
ments. Then reporters began to
hurl a barrage of questions
brought on by the proposal from.
George that this country take
the initiative in bringing about
a Big Four meeting of the heads
of state without waiting for
evidence of good faith from Rus
sia. Mr. Eisenhower said with the
suggestion of a sigh that this
was a really involved subject.
He reiterated what he said
long ago there is no place in
the world to which he would not
travel, no chore he would not
undertake, if he had the faintest
hope that by so doing he would
promote the cause of an honor
able peace.
Opposes Political Use .
In so many words, Mr. Eisen
hower said publication of war
time documents should not be
used for political advantage.
Speaking with great feeling.
he said there is nothing to be
gained by going back 10 years
to show that someone may have
been right or wrong at that time.
He said people forgest and can
not recapture the atmosphere of
war. If we believe participants
at the wartime conferences act
ed for the best 'good, the Presi
dent said, the documents should
be laid out dispassionately so
that lessons can be learned from
past mistakes.
Didn't Attend Meeting
Mr. Eisenhower warned
against going into such a pro
ject with the view of damaging
reputations. The President said
he earnestly believed all docu
ments should be made public on
this basis of refusing to try to
pin the blame on participants.
Of the Yalta papers, he em
phasized that he would not rule
on the Tightness or wrongness
of steps taken at Yalta. He also
emphasized that he did not at
tend the meeting and had only
loose and second hand con
nection with the preparatory
conference at Malta where
British and U. S. representa
tives met a few days in advance
of the Yalta parley.
School Segregation
Hearing Thought Near
Washington (U.R) The Su
preme Cout may reach a final
decision as early as this spring
on how and when states should
end segration in public schools.
This was indicated by the
court's sudden announcement
that arguments on the question
will be heard during the week
beginning April 11.
The court usually announces
any official actions at its Mon
day business sessions, but the
segregation hearing date was
announced by court clerk Har
old B. Willey in a brief state
ment late yesterday. He said the
court wants attorneys for all
sides to have "as much times as
possible to get ready for the new
hearings."
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